Sensitivity and specificity of traumatic brain injury diagnosis codes in United States Department of Veterans Affairs administrative data

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 640-650

  Carlson, Kathleen F ^a,b   Barnes, Joan E ^c   Hagel, Emily M ^c   Taylor, Brent C ^c,d   Cifu, David X ^e,f,g   Sayer, Nina A ^c,d  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical coding; Epidemiology; ICD 9 CM; Public health surveillance; Traumatic brain injury; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDITY; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84877852947     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.771795     Document Type: Article

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